The Daily Audio Bible

Use Your Freedom To Serve One Another In Love, Not As an Opportunity For The Flesh

¹³ For you were called for freedom, brothers, only do not use the freedom for an opportunity for the flesh, but be serving one another through love. ¹⁴ For the whole Law has been fulfilled in one saying— in the “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ” [Lev 19:18]. ¹⁵ But if you are biting and devouring one another, watch out that you may not be consumed by one another!

Walk By The Spirit And You Will Not Fulfill The Flesh’s Desires Or Be Under The Law

¹⁶ And I say— be walking by the Spirit and you will never^[a] fulfill^[b] the desire of ^[c] the flesh. ¹⁷ For the flesh desires against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh. For these are contrary^[d] to one another in-order-that you might not be doing these^[e] things which you may be wanting. ¹⁸ But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Those Who Practice The Works of The Flesh Will Not Inherit God’s Kingdom

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are sexual-immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, rages^[f], selfish-interests, dissentions, factions, ²¹ envy^[g], drunkenness, revelries, and the things like these— as to which things I tell you beforehand, just as I said-before, that the ones practicing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Those In Christ Crucified The Flesh And Bear The Fruit of Living By The Spirit

²² But the fruit of ^[h] the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. ²⁴ And the ones of ^[i] Christ Jesus crucified the flesh, with its passions and desires. ²⁵ If we are living by the Spirit, let us also be walking-in-line^[j] with the Spirit.

Don’t Be Conceited. Humbly Care For One Another And You Will Fulfill Christ’s Law

²⁶ Let us not become conceited^[k] ones, challenging^[l] one another, envying one another.